If Kramer is "swimming laps between the Queensboro Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge" as Jerry says, that means he's swimming, at minimum, 5.8 miles between the two bridges. Assuming he does more than one lap, thats at least 23 miles of swimming in deep water without any sort of flotation aid apart from his flippers and webbed gloves. Kramer is one hell of a swimmer.
Lol! I just did the same measurements. I got 4.4 miles with a streamlined route. However, Kramer did say "four hours and I'm an inch taller." That would suggest he's going the full route if he swims at least 1 mile an hour.
Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage is one of my favorite lines ever. Also I always think it’s funny he goes to the East River when he lives on the west side way closer to the Hudson.
I don't know why Kramer thought he could swim peacefully in the East River. Like Jerry said, it was the most heavily-trafficked waterway on the Eastern Seaboard. If he was worried about the water aerobics classes and divers at the pool, what would he do when a barge came along?
From the Queensboro Bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge is somewhere around 4 miles. An olympic-level long distance swimmer would take somewhere around 2 and a half hours to swim there and back. Most people wouldn't manage that kind of distance.
Kramer likes the East River, because it is where he swims voluntarily. Kramer dislikes the Hudson River, because it is where he was tossed while sleeping and mistaken for dead.
Since the first time I've watched Seinfeld years ago the line "He sunk like a stone, didn't he?" pops up in my head unprompted for no reason. I don't know how to stop it from happening. I'm not complaining.
I'm not sure if Phil Hartman had passed by the time this episode was aired, but he would've been awesome as the father explaining to his son about the mafia, east river, etc.
+Horatiu L years ago on the Universal Studios Backlot tour we passed by a giant water tank where the guide pointed out that it was used for swimming scenes in TV and movies. One of them he mentioned was Kramer swimming in the east river.
This post makes me miss the weird tasting tap water from Philly. There are two water treatment facilities on the Schuylkill and one on the Delaware. Stark difference from NYC and its fancy Catskill reservoir water.
That's impressive that Kramer can swim laps between the Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridges. That would be between 5 and six miles one way. He would have to be in serious shape to do that.
I'm lucky. I live in Michigan and we have 3 of the Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, and Michigan) and thousands of inland lakes. There are many great places for swimming, boating, and fishing.
Really? You really want someone storming unannounced in your house more than every now and then even when you’re out, checking your fridge, borrowing your stuff without asking, giving back your stuff broken, eating your food, drinking your drinks, smoking cigars in your living room, messing your couch, wasting your tap water, wiping his mouth in your quilt while eating in your bed, inviting the people you hate, pouring blood in the cooling system of your car, not to mention he would visit your parents … Sure you would never be bored. You would be too busy cleaning his mess and fixing your belongings
Well, given where his career currently stands following... The Incident... you could probably get Michael Richards himself for whatever cash you have in your pocket.
Oh my God i forgot about the technically Norfolk has more gross tonage line. I laugh out loud at just how casually he rolls right into the comment like it's obvious information that everyone knows. One of my favorite lines of his
0:37 Boy: "Hey there's a man swimming in the water!" Father: "No... That's probably just a dead body son. You see, when The Mob kills someone They throw the body in the river."
One of my favourite episodes. 😆 Its frustrating when everyone gets the same idea as you. Nice to see Jerrys place looking different sometimes. Is it true Norfolk has more gross tonnage?
I looked across the murky water, through the congested currents of defecation, over the questionably inanimate float-amabobs, and I could see a faint emerald glow, calling out to me. In that moment I knew I was morbidly delirious, not to mention pathologically dehydrated, so I made my way towards a buoyant clump of glowing trash and had a nap, Jerry.
Kramer’s line about,” They weren’t moving much, but they were out there.” Is similar to his carpool line, “ You should see the smiles on the driver’s faces, you gotta look quick, but their there.” After explaining to Jerry how he removed the menacing lane line reflectors, and turning 4 lanes into 2 for a comfort cruise
the dad casually explaining mob hits to his kid is such an underrated scene.
Pittsburghites, amirite?
And I love how the kid smiled and nodded at him in response!!
@@Ktonrider He also has a hilarious scene on Two and Half Men!
This feels like it was written by Phil hartman.
It's a very New York City scene, Seinfeld full of these small background character moments that really make the city feel real
If Kramer is "swimming laps between the Queensboro Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge" as Jerry says, that means he's swimming, at minimum, 5.8 miles between the two bridges. Assuming he does more than one lap, thats at least 23 miles of swimming in deep water without any sort of flotation aid apart from his flippers and webbed gloves. Kramer is one hell of a swimmer.
No river can contain him.
He also says that he does laps for 4 hours
Kramer is literally him
Lol! I just did the same measurements. I got 4.4 miles with a streamlined route. However, Kramer did say "four hours and I'm an inch taller." That would suggest he's going the full route if he swims at least 1 mile an hour.
It's pretend lol
Kramer's "he just sunk like a stone" always gets me!
The best bit
I KNOW! 😂 🤣
The visual of that old, short man disappearing into the water like a stone gets me. I love it. I'd be just as amazed as Kramer was. 😂
And nobody with any concern for the guy
"technically, Norfolk has more gross tonnage"...best Kramer line. That is brilliant writing.
Absolutely legendary
His CLUELESSNESS makes me physically ILL & nauseous with rage at his brilliant bs all at the same time.
KraaaaaameRR!
I was about to say it, but you beat me to it 😂 genius line
Last month I was in NYC. Every time I crossed that river I couldn't stop smiling imaging Kramer swimming there.
*imagining
@Luis Collado no really? no fucking way? wow that’s crazy
@@RG3FC333 how is that “crazy”?
He wasn’t moving much. But he was out there
Legend has it, if you stare without blinking for 30 seconds, you will see Kramer swimming there.
“35 geriatrics throwin elbows. It was like I was in a flabby-armed spanking machine” 😂
Lmfao
Brilliant line.
Technically, Norfolk has more gross tonnage. That's a solid point.
Norfolk where? Virginia??
@Luis Collado many of the US Navy vessels are docked in Norfolk
🤣🤣🤣
That Kramer remark is on par with his “Jerry - Those are load.bearing.walls!”
@@chasbodaniels1744 six-room luxury suite!
Love that cheap looking set by the river. Classic 90s
"He just sunk like a stone didn't he?"
I don't know why, but that line kills me.
One of my favorite lines on the show.
I like to envision the weird round old guy just disappearing into the depths of the river until he’s no longer in sight.
How unfortunate. The East River is endless. He will fall forever. -Raiden
I like how they just brush over the death of the old man
Legends say that Kramer is still looking for a place to swim peacefully
I hear Lake Karachay isn't too crowded.
There's always the Hudson River or the Harlem River.
Love new retro! Saw the midnight last year!
Stay Retro
Those “Legend says” and “Legend has it” comments are Gold, Jerry! GOLD!!!
They werent moving much, but they were out there.
XD
I love my women like that :)
@@HupfDole87 This all of a sudden looked like a Reddit thread !!!
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I dare say.
Kramer jumping into the water, "GIddyup!!" is absolutely brilliant.
" they weren't moving much, but they were out there."
THAT'S WHAT MATTERS, NOT IF YOU'RE ALIVE OR DEAD
The Norfolk line has got to be one of the funniest lines ever uttered in a sitcom
I swim for 30 seconds and I need a full minute to catch my breath. Kramer is super human! 3 hours!!!
4!
Gotta pace yourself
" You people find your own river!"
Hey! Nobody beats you!
"Man I`m on the wrong floor again" hahaha
Sees Jerry & jumps! 😂
I've actually done that a couple times wondering why my key wouldn't work then I realized, "Man I'm on the wrong floor again."
@@jandy4604 yeah but he lives across the hallway. three feet from jerry's door is where he's coming from.
I remember entering office's women's restroom and was like "How come I entered the same door yet the wrong restroom?"
Wrong floor again...
Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage is one of my favorite lines ever. Also I always think it’s funny he goes to the East River when he lives on the west side way closer to the Hudson.
I don't know why Kramer thought he could swim peacefully in the East River. Like Jerry said, it was the most heavily-trafficked waterway on the Eastern Seaboard. If he was worried about the water aerobics classes and divers at the pool, what would he do when a barge came along?
Technically, Norfolk has more gross tonnage.
Zach Haywood 😂😂😂👍🏽👑
Only the gowanus canal was more polluted
he should go in the winter, like the Polar Bear Club
Its a tv show there pal
Kid using binoculars = same guy who eventually played Dabney, from Malcolm in the Middle.
I knew he looked familiar!
Stevo935 true!
Now he(or she) is trans.
Who plays his dad?
you know what I think it is, I think it might be that East River. I think it might be poluted.
You don't say.
polluted
todd krager Kramer Is A Nut 😂
I fucking died laughing
You strike me as a late 80's kid. Maybe real early 90's
"That's where spike lee lives"
RIP
@@chrisd2051 Spike Lee is still alive fool.
@@AllenHanPR is he though?
R.I.P Spike Lee
@Isaac Graham So? He isn't dead?
Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage. LOL
That is one of the funniest lines ever
what the fuck is your name.
He pronounced Norfolk the wrong way. Any of my Virginia friends feel free to comment.
@@nathanadkins2985 I say "nor-fick", but most of my friend say "nor-fuck" :D
From the Queensboro Bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge is somewhere around 4 miles. An olympic-level long distance swimmer would take somewhere around 2 and a half hours to swim there and back. Most people wouldn't manage that kind of distance.
"See when the mob kills someone, they throw the body in the river" lol
Kramer likes the East River, because it is where he swims voluntarily.
Kramer dislikes the Hudson River, because it is where he was tossed while sleeping and mistaken for dead.
"Well floating, they weren't moving much, but they were out there" How can anyone debate Kramer's logic?
"Man, I'm on the wrong floor again..."
LMAO!
That's me at work
2:21 I love how he just happens to phrase the question in the one and only way that Kramer would say yes, lol
Since the first time I've watched Seinfeld years ago the line "He sunk like a stone, didn't he?" pops up in my head unprompted for no reason. I don't know how to stop it from happening. I'm not complaining.
Genius writers and superb actors...the show about nothing was/is AWESOME!
Seinfeld was a great mix of fine writing and great slapstick humor
“Well floating. They weren’t moving much, but they were out there.”
Kramer must be one hell of an olympic athlete if he can swim for 3 hours and still want more.
at the beginning of the episode he said he did 200 laps.
I like how Kramer starts hollering after he puts on his swim stuff. "IT'S GREAT FOR THE BACK! 4 HOURS IN THIS CHOP AND I'M A FULL INCH TALLER!"
I'm not sure if Phil Hartman had passed by the time this episode was aired, but he would've been awesome as the father explaining to his son about the mafia, east river, etc.
Hahahaha the way he dives into the river always has me in stiches. hahahaha
The short old man uses a similar diving technique.
Those swimming scenes were actually shot at the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot.
+Andre Wallace I would assume they didn't actually go in the East River. Were you there when they shot this?
+Horatiu L years ago on the Universal Studios Backlot tour we passed by a giant water tank where the guide pointed out that it was used for swimming scenes in TV and movies. One of them he mentioned was Kramer swimming in the east river.
Ya the water looks real nice
no no, they were in the east river
Horatiu L it's on the interviews..it was a water tank at the universal studio
i swam in the deleware river during the 90s, i do not get sick, well rarely yes, but my immune system has had practice
This post makes me miss the weird tasting tap water from Philly. There are two water treatment facilities on the Schuylkill and one on the Delaware. Stark difference from NYC and its fancy Catskill reservoir water.
this man is immune to coronavirus
That seems rancid
Yeah, NYC has a terrific water supply. Amazing foresight to build that system, and to upgrade it decades later.
Every second of this show is brilliant
"over there is Brooklyn, That's where Spike Lee lives" lol
That's impressive that Kramer can swim laps between the Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridges. That would be between 5 and six miles one way. He would have to be in serious shape to do that.
So wait, this all started with people making fun of Kramer then ended with people copying his actions ? Smh Kramer is a genius.
One of the few times that Kramer's obsessiona actually became popular with others.
When that old guy said "step aside", I felt like he should've finished by saying,"Wormtail, so I can give our guest a proper greeting."
AVADA KEDAVRA! 🐍
“Floating. They weren’t moving much but they were out there.” LOLOL
That "Giddyap!" was the funniest thing I've seen in television history. Puts the looney tunes to shame.
"No, that's probably just a dead body, son."
Only a New Yorker would casually say this...
And a Flordian.
"Flabby armed spanking machine" feels like a term that could loop back around and be meme-worthy 20+ years later.
"man I'm on the wrong floor again"
Haha lives next door
"He just sunk like a stone, didn't he,"....I don't know why, but is one of my favorite lines in the show
I've learned not to tell people about my favorite places to go especially when it comes to swimming in freshwater otherwise it becomes over crowded.
I'm lucky. I live in Michigan and we have 3 of the Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, and Michigan) and thousands of inland lakes. There are many great places for swimming, boating, and fishing.
I wish I had a neighbor like Kramer...it would be such an exciting life.
Really? You really want someone storming unannounced in your house more than every now and then even when you’re out, checking your fridge, borrowing your stuff without asking, giving back your stuff broken, eating your food, drinking your drinks, smoking cigars in your living room, messing your couch, wasting your tap water, wiping his mouth in your quilt while eating in your bed, inviting the people you hate, pouring blood in the cooling system of your car, not to mention he would visit your parents …
Sure you would never be bored. You would be too busy cleaning his mess and fixing your belongings
@@Boss_Tanakagiddy up
Well, given where his career currently stands following... The Incident... you could probably get Michael Richards himself for whatever cash you have in your pocket.
@@timothypruitt4578wah wah get over it
4 hours in this chop and im a full inch taller - lol its those lines why i love kramer so stupid
He just sunk like a stone didn't he?
did he die
@@justinlevine3936 probably. He was old.
Over there is Brooklyn, that's where Spike Lee lives lmao
Just before Brooklyn got cool again.
Love the noise Kramer makes at 3:06
That has got to be one of the funniest Kramer lines....He is a Legend..
That's some quality father son time I gotta say.
“You people find your own river!!” LOL
“Over there that’s Brooklyn that’s where Spike Lee lives.” 😂
If our society goes on for another million years there will never be a show as great as Seinfeld.
I agree
I love how he just flops into the water.
3:05 - "He just sunk like a stone didn't he"
i'm here for this 3:06
😂
"A flabby armed spanking machine"
Oh my God i forgot about the technically Norfolk has more gross tonage line. I laugh out loud at just how casually he rolls right into the comment like it's obvious information that everyone knows. One of my favorite lines of his
"I saw couple of guys floating but they were there" Kramer just wants to swim even if he is surrounded by dead bodies.
He just sunk like a stone didnt he,my favorite line
“Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage.” Great writing.
i love Kramer always has obscure facts at the rdy.
0:37
Boy: "Hey there's a man swimming in the water!"
Father: "No... That's probably just a dead body son. You see, when The Mob kills someone They throw the body in the river."
One of my favourite episodes. 😆 but Is it true Norfolk has more gross tonnage?
They must have had so much fun shooting this episode lol
"You people find your own river"
:-D
One of my favourite episodes. 😆 Its frustrating when everyone gets the same idea as you. Nice to see Jerrys place looking different sometimes. Is it true Norfolk has more gross tonnage?
i hate it when i go snorkeling and it is crowded.
If you really swam in the East River youd be in danger of a shark attack.It's mainly saltwater and sharks come in from New York Bay,sometimes.
I understand it's not really a river.
2:53 "GIDDY UP" every time I jump off a diving board I always scream that😂😂
goodness gracious, Kramer cracks me up so much!! haha :D :D
An absolute classic lol...just had a rather similar experience...immediately remembered this
You swam in the East River?
No. I went through a flabby-armed spanking-machine.
0:30 BEST DAD EVER
That's is the funniest I ever heard that Kramer swimming
Giddyup!
“How could you swim in that water?”
“I saw a couple of other guys out there.”
“Swimming?”
“No, but they were out there.”
🤣
Still makes me think of the episode where Kramer was tossed into the Hudson IN A SACK.
Also one of the funniest scenes in the show. Lol
no one can deliver like him
4 hours in this chomp and I'm a full inch taller.
47 people need to find their own river
"Find your own river" 😂 😂 😂
" I'm on the wrong floor again "😂😂
I looked across the murky water, through the congested currents of defecation, over the questionably inanimate float-amabobs, and I could see a faint emerald glow, calling out to me.
In that moment I knew I was morbidly delirious, not to mention pathologically dehydrated, so I made my way towards a buoyant clump of glowing trash and had a nap, Jerry.
The "stone" old man, I used to have those exact Billabong surf trunks.
I had forgotten about Jerry’s kitchen remodeling 😆
"But they were out there"😂😂😂
surely some of the best writing from all the shows. and some of those 'outdoor' sets are hilariously bad
Kramer’s line about,” They weren’t moving much, but they were out there.” Is similar to his carpool line, “ You should see the smiles on the driver’s faces, you gotta look quick, but their there.” After explaining to Jerry how he removed the menacing lane line reflectors, and turning 4 lanes into 2 for a comfort cruise
Yeah, she was. She gave birth to her son about a month after this episode aired.
Did the old guy die
David David Nah, he went to a retirement home in the sky.
Rotten Roy Yes
He was in a rush to do so
LOL They are building a beach called Brooklyn Bridge Beach right next to the East River. Soon you will be able to swim like Kramer..........
Maannnn i'm on the wrong floor again! haha brilliant